Dbl Mtn PA Slot Corner

Watch the linebacker depth immediately after the snap, if they step up hard on the run fake it confirms the corner and mountain routes will have room to work behind them. Identify the safety rotation pre-snap, a single high safety cheating to one side signals man coverage underneath and opens up the corner route as the primary shot. Key the flat defender or slot corner on the mountain side, if he sinks with the vertical route the underneath drag becomes the answer against zone drops. This play struggles against a hard inside blitz that ignores the run fake entirely, so check for stacked box looks or blitz indicators pre-snap and be ready to check into a quicker throw. Cover 2 shells with disciplined linebackers who do not bite on the fake will clog the underneath drag and squeeze the corner route, so look for user lurk defenders sitting in the throwing lane before committing to the deep shot.